Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-17
a typical NLh;liss.
Chicago Inter.Ocesn.


The Lingg episode is startling. It liz
PRODUCES the methods Of the "Interna-
tional S jcIetY" to American affairs. 1t
is CT piece with the art which has H.
troduced poison and weapons through tie
rauks Of guards and gendarmes Into the
palaces of emperOrs.
There are but few full graduates Of the
international in the world; exceedingly
few in the United States; the undergrad.
yates are comparatively numerous, the
graduates absolutely few. Lingg was
one OF them. His extreme views pro-
cured him expulsion from the society Of
socialists in S9i!zerlard; he had
ten years. experience in bomb
making. He wss one Of the few
perfect monsters that a perfectly mon
strous system has evolved. small
WespoD, an incn long. hardly Is thick as
lead pencil, can be Introduced through
almost any aperture, conveyed unseen BY
the slightest contact OF hands, hidden in
almost any package. Il is all but
absolutely certain that the Illuminating
cap with which Linpg sought his life Wac
in his possession prior to the discovery Of
the bombs in his cell; he could easily
have concealed it in his hair, his month,
under his arms, or by e dozen other
methods. The manner Cf his taking off
Ia ss htdeous as the method which he
had cruelty devised for the TAX
iDg eff of others. He has proven
himself to be typical nihilist; believer
in nothing, and conse Quently fesrer Of
nothing; as he did not believe in law be
did not hesitate to murder the officers of
rf,ka La ho hnl ;r G<S no
did not hesitate to go unbidden into His
presence; as he did not believe in q future
life ne did not hesitate to leave the pres
ent one when all his irrational and GRIM
inal designs had culmiDa-ed in failure.
Does the last act OF Lingg threaten So
cietY with new danger? NJ. Society, even
in it's most imperfect and debased form,
Is so II hnitely more responsive thar an
archy or nihilism to t1e higher Instincts OF
mankind, that it can defy their most viru-
lent attacks. Even such crude organiza-
tions Of society as those of the Venetian
republics withstood the continual use Of
daggers and pOisons. For two centuries,
says d. Quincy, the thrones Of the Ro-
man Ce.ars were continually wet with the
blood OF empersrs, and yet the Roman
EN- Dire did not fall under the forces Of
murder ST saw" said sn English wit,
who was also statesman, "ihe Russian
Emperor march to bis coronation; before
HIM went the essassins Of his grandfather,
behind him the assassins Of his father, ON
each side of him were men who will some
day sssassirate him Anil yet Their ussian
empire endures 1t will endure until
Russian society is prepared for something
hesser; anarchy will not overthrew it, tor
that is something worse.
II is much more true that this great re-
public, the evolution OF all the best i'm
pulses and designs of the past, and having
in itself the germ Of evolution Of yet
more perfect conditions OF society, will
never be overthrown by the disciples Of
Spies and Lingg. But, let any private
citlzen or officer of the law should be in
iured By the act of such, rigid vigilance
aud stern repression msy be needful.
The possession of dynamite or other con-
densed explosives without license nay
be made criminal. But while
there are many incentives TO caution in
the events Of the last day or two, there
Is no ground for needless alarm because
sn audscious malefsctor has cheated the
.allows OF It's just fruit.